Harms Family News

I can't believe our "little" baby is a month old already. She is growing into quite a chunk! Natalie was a chunky baby too, it just took her a little longer to get caught up. We are settling into a routine and are even venturing to a zoo tomorrow with both girls! Look for more pictures later! On a side note, we are potty training, and man it is actually fun! Natalie is enjoying her successes and saying some very funny things. One day when I was having her sit on the potty but she couldn't go, she said, "This potty not working momma." Now when she doesn't' have to go she says, "I'm empty." The funniest thing was when she had her first real success, she got so excited and said, "It's coming out of my body! It's working!" She even went several times at church today and at Culver's after church. We bought some "supplies" at Target, such as panties. She was VERY excited about the panties (hey, they have prince...

Today we went to the fire station with some friends. One of the moms we have met through playgroup has a brother who works at a local fire station, and we got a short tour. Natalie was a little scared but we had fun. The funny thing was she would let the fireman put her into the fire truck, but no way could he take her out - Mommy had to do that! Here are some pictures. Megan was content in her stroller the whole time. She was too scared to touch the fire hose herself. The whole crew. Chilling out in the new leather recliners in the TV room.

I cannot believe how quickly Megan is growing! She is three weeks old now. We had to go to the doctor this morning, and she weighed 11 lbs 2 ounces! I swear she has grown three inches. Just look at these pictures! Today A week old (or so) Sisters! And here is a video of Natalie for you to enjoy her talking skills (and her messes!) At one point she nearly stepped on Megan, so the camera work got a little messed up as Mommy came to the rescue :) Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books

We received a package from my grandma Aretta yesterday. Natalie enjoyed opening it. She is loving all of the "presents" we have been getting, even if they aren't all for her. Thanks great grandma! Cute outfit!

Here are the remainder of her pictures:

Here are some of Megan's newborn portraits. The better ones are on the next set, but they haven't been uploaded to the website yet. Enjoy!

Here are some pictures of the girls together. We are still having a great time, but my parents are leaving Thursday so I am a little nervous about being alone. Of course, every mom of two has been here before, so I am sure we will adjust fine. Megan is already growing. She's already gained back her birth weight and then some, as she weighed 10 lbs 8 oz today at her check up.

Well, we have some good news on the Jaundice front! Her levels are going down, so no more heel pokes. Yeah! In the last few days Natalie has said and done some pretty cute things as a big sister. She has a step stool that she uses to get into bed at night. She doesn't need it, but she wanted it in there. She now uses it to step up so she can look into Megan's crib. So here are some of the cute things she has said and/or done: When Megan was throwing a fit about being put into her car seat, and Natalie started yelling, quite loudly, "It's OK baby, don't cry." then she went and found the pacifier and told me to give it to Megan. She is quite fascinated about me nursing the baby. I have a nursing cover that I am using while my parents are here, and Natalie wants it off when I am nursing so she can see the baby. She asked me, "Baby drink milk from mommy's tummy?" So I explained a little about nursing to her. She wanted to know if the baby was drinkin...

Megan is still jaundice, so we've been having to go daily for blood draws until it starts going down. Her poor little heel has so many poke marks on it, and I am exhausted because I cannot rest in the mornings because of blood draws, nor in the afternoons because of other appointments. Please pray that her biliruben levels will go down (that's the chemical they test when testing for Jaundice) so that we can stop getting daily blood draws.

I put Megan in the swing today, and I realized that I had a picture of Natalie in the same outfit in the swing. Here they are!

Megan's hospital portrait is available to see at www.our365.com . It's customer number 58330791200038 . Use that as the password. She wasn't being very cooperative, but the pictures are OK.

I forgot to tell one detail of the birth story. While they were stitching me up, one of the nurses called down to get Megan's weight. Before she did, she asked the doctors for guesses. My doctor guessed the exact weight - 10 lbs 4 oz.

So, I am sitting here in the hospital, all alone, Megan is under the lights for jaundice, and I can't sleep, so I thought this would be a good time to post her birth story, since people always want to know these things. A c-section isn't as thrilling as a regular birth as it is somewhat predictable, but here goes. The night before the procedure I was still praying that if it was the right thing to do it naturally, I would go into labor on my own. I had one really big contraction before we went to bed, but nothing else. I the morning, I prayed that prayer one last time and we headed to the hospital at 5:30. We arrived and filled in a bunch of paper work. They took blood, did the MRSA swab (that's a new procedure) and then we waited. I think we had to wait like an hour. There was nothing on the TV so we were watching The Planet's Funniest Animals. I was very nervous, hungry, and thirsty. The anesthesiologist came in sometime after 7 to talk to me about the procedure. I w...